I would just like to point out that Bank One runs Microsoft on their customer-facing websites, notably for Bank Online (it is ASP.Net driven). Porting such an effort would be IMHO impossible, even with the current state of the Mono project - nor would they want to convert to an unsupported beta system.
I have to give them all the credit for ensuring their web system is 100% compatible with Mozilla Firefox, however.... Drew On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 04:24:25 -0600, Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was a little discouraged to see that the M$ Monopoly is still in effect with > "first tier" providers: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/05/0234205&tid=163&tid=201&tid=98&tid=218 > > Shame on them, especially IBM's PC division. > > Outside the big dumb vendors, I know things are better. Bits Technical, a > former employer, will work with IT professionals and provides excellent > support. They already recommend Open Office and have a "customer is always > right" attitude. They might even let you do some experimentation to make > sure everything works before they assembled an order for you. After that, > they have very good RMA and spare parts policies so you are not left in the > lurch if something breaks. I also know that Bits was suffering from Walmart > and other discount competition, so it's good to see Walmart offering a sub > $500 Linux laptop. > > Does anyone have any other good Linux support stories here in Baton Rouge? > > The whole issue is a red herring. You don't have to buy new computers to roll > out Linux in an organization. I know, from working a Bank One "upgrade", how > painful and tedious a software swap can be to a Windoze organization, but the > first Linux swap out kills that pain forever. The main problem at Bank One > was that programs wrote junk to the registry that broke automated upgrade > software like Novels' Zen. They could not simply be imaged, but had to be > installed individually at the machine. Spyware and malware caused additional > complications. One person could get five to ten PCs in a night of work. It > was galling to someone used to apt-get upgrade. Large organizations like > Bank One would save large buckets of money if they would look outside "first > tier" or upgrade to GNU. The hardware they had was first rate and should > have performed much better. Vendor support from places like Bits is > encouraging and I'd like to hear more of it. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
